THE GALLEY YEARS

Chapter:

CHAPTER 11 Artist, Politician, Farmer (Class of 1813, II)

Source:

MUSIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Author(s):

Richard Taruskin

What made Verdi possible, first of all, was of course his talent. Why insist on such a truism? Because it is especially important
to set Verdi's career in the context of his time and place. That will tell us what made Verdi not only possible but necessary.